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the question i have the first vision of joseph smith. rick and young when he was converted never ever heard that story and nobody else did either. it is basically a creation of the 18th 30s. what year did he finally here that story? i don't think you mentioned it in about. how did he react to that story when he first started? >> well, that's a great question and i don't know if my co-panelists know. i don't recall at what point he heard that story. i don't even recall at the top of my head whether or not he discussed it later on. you know, for him, his conversion to mormonism as he rightly said chess in any report on that vision, for him he regarded the appearance of the book of mormon and fax that traveling mormon elders both prophesied in shield people. he regarded those as conclusive proof of god's presence and power in this new church. i don't know if craig or just know anything about brigham young's subsequent hearing. [inaudible] >> by the time they published, it'd are even going around among certain circles within the church. so m
the question i have the first vision of joseph smith. rick and young when he was converted never ever heard that story and nobody else did either. it is basically a creation of the 18th 30s. what year did he finally here that story? i don't think you mentioned it in about. how did he react to that story when he first started? >> well, that's a great question and i don't know if my co-panelists know. i don't recall at what point he heard that story. i don't even recall at the top of my...
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after joseph smith's murder, the people had chosen the 12 apostles to lead the church in smith's absence. young as the president of the 12 quickly became the de facto president of the church, but after several years, he wanted to clarify and streamline ecclesiastical leadership so after his successful pioneer trek to the great salt lake valley, he asked the other apostles to affirm him as church president. almost all of the other apostles opposed young's proposal, which would augment his authority at the expense of some of their own. one apostle, a man named orsoncrat, explained that he thought of the apostles as something akin to the house of representatives. young therefore, should be more like the speaker of the house than a president. the shift on congress was young's response but not a warmly received suggestion. it has occurred to me that if mitt romney had made that his slogan for his campaign this year instead of the rather bland, believe in america, he would be on his way to to a massive landslide. [laughter] everybody could get on board with that. young by the way used to say t
after joseph smith's murder, the people had chosen the 12 apostles to lead the church in smith's absence. young as the president of the 12 quickly became the de facto president of the church, but after several years, he wanted to clarify and streamline ecclesiastical leadership so after his successful pioneer trek to the great salt lake valley, he asked the other apostles to affirm him as church president. almost all of the other apostles opposed young's proposal, which would augment his...
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smith said cbs was threatening him you have to concede. he said i don't think i had lost. wrong again. what are the polls mistakenly said the republican and is winning? [laughter] i am not worried about the exit polls. >> i thought you meant the 10 point* spread was in our favor. >> i don't remember the column actually i am suspicious. [laughter] >> what do you think is a possibility improbability of ending affirmative action and education. >> i hope very good. with the undergrad and law school center for individual rights we've got that case and one against the law school we lost because of santa day o'connor who said we need 25 more years of affirmative-action zenawi have a constitutional provisions with expiration dates. [laughter] and making the argument with empirical evidence it has been very harmful to black people. of a surprise. liberals try to help end ruin of black people's lives. if it is so little bit it is thought so bad that elevating people to schools where videos has higher scores they drop out to take an easy subject and one way liberals have process sad
smith said cbs was threatening him you have to concede. he said i don't think i had lost. wrong again. what are the polls mistakenly said the republican and is winning? [laughter] i am not worried about the exit polls. >> i thought you meant the 10 point* spread was in our favor. >> i don't remember the column actually i am suspicious. [laughter] >> what do you think is a possibility improbability of ending affirmative action and education. >> i hope very good. with the...
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., sally bedell smith presents her book, "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." db is about 40 minutes.terri inn [applause] >> thank you so much, francis said that generous introductione i'm especially to be her today because our friendship goes bacto the990s hen honored the founding editor of the library of congress and it was his highly capable deputy editor. it fell victim to the first wave loss of funding, but this has gone on to be the top editor of the "washington post." as i have been traveling around the country, the one consistent question that i have heard is what did you learn that surprised you. >> the answer is that there was something unexpected around almost every corner. in my research, i made numerous discoveries about the way the queen goes about her job and about aspects of her character that people don't know about or don't fully appreciate. one of my main goals in writing elizabeth the queen was to part the curtain and tell what she was really like, taking the reader as close as possible to elizabeth, the human being, the wife and mother and
., sally bedell smith presents her book, "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." db is about 40 minutes.terri inn [applause] >> thank you so much, francis said that generous introductione i'm especially to be her today because our friendship goes bacto the990s hen honored the founding editor of the library of congress and it was his highly capable deputy editor. it fell victim to the first wave loss of funding, but this has gone on to be the top editor of the...
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., sally bedell smith presents her book, "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." it's about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much, francis, if that generous introduction. i have to tell you that i'm especially honored to be introduced by francis today because our friendship goes back to the mid 1990s when my husband, stephen, was the founding editor of civilization, the wonderful magazine of the library of congress, and francis was his highly capable deputy editor. the magazine, unfortunately, fell victim to the first wave of infatuation with the internetedt and lost its funding, but francis has gone on to be a top editor at "the washington post.n as i've been traveling arounds the country talking about queenn elizabeth ii, the one consistent question that i have heard is what did you learn thati surprised you. at did you learn t surprised you. >> the answer is that there was something unexpected around almost every corner. in my research, i made numerous discoveries about the way the queen goes about her job and about aspects of her character that people do
., sally bedell smith presents her book, "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." it's about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much, francis, if that generous introduction. i have to tell you that i'm especially honored to be introduced by francis today because our friendship goes back to the mid 1990s when my husband, stephen, was the founding editor of civilization, the wonderful magazine of the library of congress, and francis was his highly capable deputy...
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i'm evan smith, i'm the ceo andy editor-in-chief of the texas tribune. i am pleased to be here with myt old buddy, robert draper, av veteran magazine writer and author whose latest book is "doy not ask what good we do." robert is a familiar face around these parts having spent thei meaty, early part of his career as one of texas monthly'sil marquee writers, in fact, us being up here together again ise kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage.rkey [laughter] eing a bit together again is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. he is currently a contributing writer to the new york times magazine and national geographic and a correspondent for gq. his previous books include dead certain and critically acclaimed biography of george w. bush, a comprehensive history of rolling stone magazine, and a novel, hadrian's walls. a native of houston and its and the university of texas at austin. please join me in welcoming robert draper. [applause] nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> adelle we my star brought. we better off than we wer
i'm evan smith, i'm the ceo andy editor-in-chief of the texas tribune. i am pleased to be here with myt old buddy, robert draper, av veteran magazine writer and author whose latest book is "doy not ask what good we do." robert is a familiar face around these parts having spent thei meaty, early part of his career as one of texas monthly'sil marquee writers, in fact, us being up here together again ise kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage.rkey [laughter] eing a bit...